Longtime Republican state Rep. Lee Nerison says he won't seek re-election this fall. Nerison, of Westby, announced Monday that he plans to retire from the Legislature. He has represented southwestern Wisconsin's 96th Assembly District since 2005. He has served as chairman of the Assembly's agriculture committee since 2011. The 65-year-old...

The latest Wisconsin Realtors Association report shows home sales in Wisconsin hit a record high between December and February with more than 13,400 homes sold during what are typically slower months for sales.

The Wisconsin Assembly Education Committee has scheduled a public hearing on Gov. Scott Walker's $100 million school safety plan and other related proposals. The hearing Tuesday comes as the Assembly is expected to pass the bills in a special session Thursday. But the Senate may take a different approach, a...

Last month, state Assembly members wrote a bill to close Lincoln Hills Youth Prison and create new state and county-run facilities. The bill passed unanimously. This week, the Senate members passed a rewritten version of the original Assembly bill that does not include funding for new facilities. The two similar...

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said he’s not worried about getting his plan to address school safety passed before the end of the legislative session. Walker called the state Legislature into special session Thursday to consider several bills on school safety, including a $100 million grant program for building security and...

Obama-era Attorney General Eric Holder discussed gerrymandering and voter turnout Friday in Madison. He said he expects the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, which he chairs, to be involved in Wisconsin elections throughout the year.

The United States Treasury Department announced sanctions today against five Russian organizations and 19 individuals for meddling in the 2016 general election. In a statement , Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said, “The Administration is confronting and countering malign Russian cyber activity, including their attempted interference in U.S. elections, destructive cyber-attacks,...

A new report from the National Institute on Retirement Security finds that 95 percent of millennials are not adequately saving for retirement, with a majority of millennials having absolutely nothing saved for their later years. How did we get here? And what might policymakers and employers do to help millennials...